And all the time we thought we did

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Broken Social Scene "Sweetest Kill" from Forgiveness Rock Record (2010, Arts & Crafts). One of my favorite albums from last year and it just keeps giving.

Video directed by Claire Edmondson. Warning before you watch: it gets extremely violent about half-way through.

Feel Good Lost

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Broken Social Scene – fan video for "Guilty Cubicles,"
from their debut album Feel Good Lost
(2001, Noise Factory/Arts & Crafts)

12:10 PM

Broken Social Scene "Romance to the Grave"
from Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts, 2010)

Produced by Sam Prekop and sounds a lot like the Sea & Cake, which I don't mind one bit. Both groups will be at the Paramount in Seattle on October 15th (I usually shy away from big shows like that but I'm a little tempted). They're also releasing a split 7" with two previously unreleased tracks at the end of the month – click here for info/pre-ordering.

[Photo: Emily walking into the Robert Irwin piece 9 Spaces 9 Trees on the University of Washington campus, October 2010 ]

7:53 AM

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Broken Social Scene "All to All"
from Forgiveness Rock Record (Arts & Crafts, 2010)
If you don't have that record yet, go on, git it git it. A couple weird tracks as with all BSS albums, but overall my favorite new release at the moment.

[photo: Bull Kelp in Deception Pass, WA, June 2010]

Superconnected

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It's a big day for Canadians and those who love them:

The New Pornographers Together

Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record

Both arriving today in the bins of your local music nerdery – go git 'em.

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Addendum, via Pitchfork:
"When I found out our record was coming out the same day as Broken Social Scene I wanted to call Kevin Drew and shoot a little promo video, where it's like the two of us just facing each other on a windy day and then we embrace to the strains of 'Wake Up' by Arcade Fire. That would be like a dual ad for both of our albums. But I'm too lazy. I was distracted."
–A.C. Newman [New Pornographers]

Also:

Video: New Pornographers "Together" (click to play)

Some nice recent album covers:

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Azeda Booth Big Fists mp3

I also just picked up Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning Something for All of Us..., the best record of the bunch, but not the best album cover. Here's a video instead: